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Development of a PtSn bimetallic catalyst for direct fuel cells using bio-butanol fuel

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posted on 2016-02-19, 11:59 authored by V.K. Puthiyapura, Daniel J.L. Brett, A.E. Russell, Wen-Feng LinWen-Feng Lin, Christopher Hardacre
Pt and PtSn catalysts were studied for n-butanol electro-oxidation at various temperatures. PtSn showed a higher activity towards butanol electro-oxidation compared to Pt in acidic media. The onset potential for n-butanol oxidation on PtSn is ∼520 mV lower than that found on Pt, and significantly lower activation energy was found for PtSn compared with that for Pt.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support from the EPSRC (EP/K014706/1)

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  • Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering

Department

  • Chemical Engineering

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CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Volume

51

Issue

69

Pages

13412 - 13415 (4)

Citation

PUTHIYAPURA, V.K. ... et al., 2015. Development of a PtSn bimetallic catalyst for direct fuel cells using bio-butanol fuel. Chemical Communications, 51(69), pp. 13412-13415.

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© Royal Society of Chemistry

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Publication date

2015

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This is an Open Access Article. It is published by Royal Soicety of Chemistry under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence (CC BY). Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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1359-7345

Language

  • en

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